AC Fiorente
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The club was founded 25-04-2005 in Nederland as EFC Ajax. The competition was in its closing weeks and there were only 2 games left. Ajax won both and managed to stay in the tenth division. It was the start of a very successful period!
The first 3 full seasons
The season after EFC Ajax ended on the 3th spot after a stunning season in which Ajax had chances to win the title! The club had namely an great points advantage at the middle of the season compared with their opponents (AFC Wijk United and FC Bulle's). It was one of the most exciting seasons in the history of the club.
The next season Ajax became the champions and promoted automatically towards the 9th division. Ajax proved to be the strongest team in the confrontations with the two main contenders (leeuwenhart and Sabana Perdida). So in the end Ajax won the title with a 4 point margin!
In the 17th season in Nederland Ajax did a heroic job. This time Ajax won the title without dropping a single point! The competition however had 5 "active" teams at the start of the season. At the end there were only 3 "active" teams left. Still it was a nice performance from the club that will properly never be repeated...
The battle: Ajax versus Grastrappers
After such a great season the fans start to wonder if Ajax could have a shot at winning the title in the 8th division. The first place was also required to promote from the VIII after the League restructuring (the season before also the 2nd place had right to promote). The 2 other contenders for the title were Football Furies '73 and the big favorite Tsv Grastrappers. That last one seemed to be the real opponent for the title when the season was well underway. So the matches between EFC Ajax and Tsv Grastrappers happened to be the keymatches this season.
The first confrontation ended in a one goal victory for Grastrappers, although Ajax had the best chances keep the points at home.
In the second confrontation Ajax played with an counterattacking/motsing 4-4-2 formation, which was the first time Ajax countered in a official match. Till this day the fanbase remembered this match as the most beautiful match in the clubs history. Grastrappers had an astonishing 74% possession, but they did not manage to penetrate trough the defense of Ajax. Ajax however scored 3 times, which resulted in a victory. The result proved to be enough to keep Grastrappers behind and grab the championship. Which was won by a margin of only 2 points.
Grastrappers however, still play in the same league and despite of the big expectations every new season Grastrappers ended 4 consecutive seasons just below the promotion line. Currently they still play in the VIII.40.
The seasons in the 7th division
Then EFC Ajax came in the 7th division and had to suffer a lot of losses for the first time in history. It was only in the very last match that Ajax secured itself above the relegation spots, to great relief of the fans.
At the start of season 20 the board decided that the club would be renamed to AC Fiorente to give the club a more distinguishing name. The fans hoped that AC would do a lot better then the previous season and secretly they hoped that the club would promote again. That proved to be impossible when various clubs started to improve their squads with some great players. The result was that the fan-base (O Exército) had to be pleased with a 4th place and 15 points less then the champion.
In season 21 "O Exército" could speak for the first time in history about a successful cup run! 3 teams were beaten before Fiorente was defeated by 3th divisionist Fc Der Freddy (which had one of the strongest squads in Nederland).
Famous players
When playing for Fiorente he was a fast winger who treated many defenses and when he became manager of Fiorente (in season 18) he showed some great wing attack tactics.
Bought for a astonishing €1.640.000,- in season 20 and became directly one of the most important players of the squad.
First keeper since season 18 and the player with the most matches for Fiorente.
Played till season 17 at AC Fiorente. Returned in season 21 to the club to bring the club back to the top of the table. |
Stadium
Name: Fortaleza Invencível
Last improvement: 24-09-2006
Total capacity: 25001
Terraces: 15776
Basic seating: 6275
Seats under roof: 2300
Seats in VIP boxes: 650
The stadium was built with a capacity of 12.000. After a while it became much too small to seat all the fans of the club, so the stadium was enlarged to a capacity of 18.000 and 25.001 later on. The board stated that the stadium won't be enlarged in the coming future.
The name of the stadium "Fortaleza Invencível" is Portuguese and means invincible fort. Funnily enough Fiorente historically preformed better in away games than at home. Because of that, some of the die-hard supporters (member of "O Exército", the army) only watch the clubs away matches in a stadium!
The shape of the stadium is also inspired by a fort, with the tribunes instead of the towers which you see at most forts.
Unofficial cup participations
- De Sjappies Cup: (season 18)
Won the final against F.C. Marsupilami with 1-4. (matchID: 81002743)
- Championship of Tactics I: (season 20)
Lost 2-3 in the final to Pretty in Pink. (matchID: 112764173)
- Championship of Tactics II: (season 21)
This time Fiorente manager MaartenJan_Roeleveld was one of the 2 cup organizers! Unfortunately Fiorente got eliminated in the first group round.
Season history
| Name | Season | Position | P/R | League | Victory | Draw | Loss | Points | KNVB Beker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFC Ajax | 14 | 7.* | X.205 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| EFC Ajax | 15 | 3. | X.205 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | ||
| EFC Ajax | 16 | 1. | P | X.205 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | |
| EFC Ajax | 17 | 1. | P | IX.476 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |
| EFC Ajax | 18 | 1. | P | VIII.40 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 1st round |
| EFC Ajax | 19 | 6. | VII.31 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1st round | |
| AC Fiorente | 20 | 4. | VII.31 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 2nd round | |
| AC Fiorente | 21 | 2. | VII.31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 4th round | |
| Total | 67 | 9 | 23 | 210 |
